Bus after bus continued to drop off evacuees.
Advertisement
Cell phone service is said to be out in the Baton Rouge and Livingston area, WWLTV reported. While the downpour is lessening, some areas of southern MS are still under flood warnings. Most people around here remember the flood of 1983. A Greyhound Bus traveling from Memphis, Tenn., to Baton Rouge was diverted to a shelter because of flooded roadways. About 120 people had to be evacuated from there.
“We’re praying it stops where it is”, said Kelly’s neighbor, Jenny Ragland, whose home on a ridge was spared similar damage.
Some 1,700 members of the Louisiana National Guard have been deployed for rescue efforts. High waters made the trip impassable and cellphone problems made it hard to reach her.
He said the fire department had to rescue neighbors by boat. An additional 20 will be transferred shortly as a precautionary measure.
Gravestones are swamped by the floodwater.
“I’ve got stage 4 cancer, and I shouldn’t be alive right now, but I feel like I’ve got to go help”, he said.
“If you don’t have to be on the road, stay off the road”, said Gov. Edwards. The initial federal declaration is for the following parishes: Tangipahoa, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge and Livingston.
“People that should have evacuated didn’t, so they are having to be evacuated”, he said. After one failed attempt (“I can’t get the dog”) he tries one more time and surfaces triumphant.
WOLD: Absolutely. We have a river – the Amite River has crested in some areas, but the bulge of the water is still moving downstream before it hits eventually Lake Pontchartrain.
Drone footage captured entire neighborhoods under waist-high muddy waters and cars completely submerged as boats cruised down the streets of Baton Rouge.
“I can’t get the dog”, he said, as he felt inside the submerged convertible.
Yglesias said he was seeing flooding in places that had never flooded before.
A Louisiana officer told the AP that more than 5,000 people have been displaced to shelters due to the flooding. More than 500 pets have also been rescued, he said. “When we talk about floods now, we’ll talk about the great flood of 2016”. At least seven thousand people have been rescued, and three dead bodies have been recovered.
On Sunday night, President Obama granted Edward’s request for emergency declaration to assist in response and recovery efforts.
Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson said authorities are preparing for more rain, as Troeh reported. Meanwhile, Phung was reaching underwater for the dog but couldn’t find it and said he thought the dog was gone.
During an aerial tour, an Associated Press reporter saw homes in parts of rural Tangipahoa Parish that looked like little islands among flooded fields. Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff Ivy Woods is advising residents to pack up and get out before Tuesday. Major flooding that won’t subside until Wednesday evening is in the forecast.
Matthew, 29, said between 250 and 300 people were still at the church as of late afternoon Sunday.
Tragedy has struck the southern part of Louisiana.
Alex Cobb, one of the motorists stranded for a day, said she had been on her way to a bridal shower with food, which she used to feed those who were stuck.
The mood is surprisingly upbeat but she emphasized that people “want water”.
Police confirmed Sunday that a woman’s body had been retrieved from inside a flooded vehicle at North Hampton.
As the Louisiana floodwaters swallowed Lyn Gibson’s two-story home, she hacked away on a hole near the roof, desperately trying to get to safety.
The federal emergency funds will be available to people in four parishes in Louisiana while FEMA continues to survey the area: East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa. Officials believe one person may be unaccounted for, he said.
Advertisement
The rains deluged a 911 call center in one parish, left at least three people missing, and prompted Gov. John Bel Edwards to declare a state of emergency Friday.
